Monday, May 12, 2008

Two unrelated sets of photos here except for the fact that they were both taken at the dinner table.

I shot this first one as my sister was relighting one of the candles on the table that had gone out throughout the course of the meal. I could not decide whether to leave it in color or b&w. So I decided to post both. I love the character of the b&w but I also love the brilliance of color in the other. Any thoughts?

And I just love this series of Lily. She is such a happy girl! (most of the time!)

16 comments:

I like both of them, but if you want the picture to tell the story, you keep it color. The B&W picture looks great, but you don't have any idea what it is or that there is a flame, only the color one tells the story that there is a flame. Just my thought.

Ahhhhhh... I totally disagree with ohcaptain! I like the B&W shot the best. I love the soft glow that you feel from the B&W version... the color shot is a bit more harsh. Maybe a little too bright. (LOL! You DID ask!)

But as for the others, I think I like the black-and-white best -- I might just use an "Anna filter" (aka Diffuse Glow in Photoshop) to further accentuate the luminosity that is in the color image but lost a bit in the black-and-white. But both are good as they are!

Thanks for the encouragement. It is hard sometimes to trust that God knows better than man. I like the color candle picture by far. It just glows!! I guess maybe I see it that way because I am looking for light and color right now. The pictures of Lily laughing are precious- I can almost hear her. Our kids would have a lot of fun together!

Nice job Robert - on all photos!I studied the B&W and thought it would be my choice, but when I scrolled down to the color shot it was WOW! And Lily - oh my, she is a gorgeous little girl with the most precious face!

I like both candles. The b&w is very romantic, the colored one is vivid and lends a party atmosphere. However, nothing can compete with the brightness of Lily, her smile is infectious and I could almost hear baby laughter.